Darren Dreger having some fun, spitballs a Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues deal involving the primary overall pick
Barn Burner: Darren Dreger says it’s unlikely the Toronto Maple Leafs are going to maneuver the primary overall pick, but having some fun and spitballing, he throughs out the thought of an enormous deal involving the St. Louis Blues.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Ryan Pinder: “Uh, article on Day by day Face Off today. There’s been, uh, 11 times since ’05 a top 10 pick’s been moved. In order that’s not rather a lot. And only one in every of those has been a top five. So I understand why you’re chortling. In fact, persons are listening. It’s your job as a GM to hearken to people make offers in regards to the assets you’ve gotten. The probabilities of a top five pick actually moving, once within the last 21 years.”
Dreger: “I assume, but you already know, so here’s why I’m open to the chance and the speculation on this, since you do have a small window with Auston Matthews. You understand, he’s got two years on his contract, but let’s be honest, we’re next yr. That’s what we’re .
And, and you already know, in his exit interviews, he, there was nothing threatening about it. There was no, ‘I’m not coming back, I’m not playing if this doesn’t occur or that doesn’t occur.’ But they strongly, the leaders, Nylander, Tavares, etc. indicated that, okay, well, there’s some pieces that we sure like to usher in here to make us more competitive, right.
A defenseman, preferably a right shot, and you already know, some help up front, a winger, perhaps a centerman.
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So, okay, just play with me here. If, if we’re talking about first overall, is there a way of packaging that first pick overall, and perhaps find yourself with Robbie Thomas and Colton Parayko as a part of regardless of the return is coming back? And I don’t know, I mean, is a primary, probably isn’t enough for each those guys, is it? I mean, perhaps you’ve got…”
Pinder: “If it’s first overall, I don’t know.”
Dreger: “Yeah. Hey, why don’t we’ve got some fun and throw (Jordan) Binnington into the equation, and Toronto throws one in every of the goalies, I mean, their American League guys are doing well (Dennis Hildeby and Artur Akhtyamov).
I mean, but that’s the form of stuff that’s actually fun to take a position on, but I’m still on the side of it’s probably not going to occur.”
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